Top 1200 Lasting Marriage Quotes & Sayings - Page 16

If marriage can be redefined so that it no longer means a man and a woman but two men or two women, why stop there? Why not allow three men or a woman and two men to constitute a marriage?

Only those means of security are good, are certain, are lasting, that depend on yourself and your own vigor.

Take heed of a speedy professing friend; love is never lasting which flames before it burns.

I do think John Kerry has tried awfully hard to work with Russia and others to have a lasting, significant cease-fire.

To model our political system upon speculations of lasting tranquility, is to calculate on the weaker springs of the human character.

There's a huge difference between the shallow pleasure of instant applause and the long-lasting impact of true connection.

But hard bitten cynicism leaves one feeling peevish, and too much of it can do lasting damage to your heart.

To be free minded and cheerfully disposed at hours of meat and sleep and of exercise is one of the best precepts of long lasting.

There are only three pleasures in life pure and lasting, and all derived from inanimate things-books, pictures and the face of nature.

For openers, marriage is neither a matter of politics, nor is it a matter of social policy. Marriage is defined by the Lord Himself. It's the one institution that is ceremoniously performed by priesthood authority in the temple [and] transcends this world. It is of such profound importance... such a core doctrine of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, of the very purpose of the creation of this earth. One hardly can get past the first page of Genesis without seeing that very clearly.

It appears that ordinary men take wives because possession is not possible without marriage, and that ordinary women accept husbands because marriage is not possible without possession

I think it was Dad who gave me my nickname 'Katy Custard,' recognising my deep, positive and lasting relationship with it.

Today's decision affirms what we all know to be true — the U.S. Constitution guarantees the basic civil rights of all Americans, not just some. Utah's ban on marriage equality does nothing to strengthen or protect any marriage. Instead, it singles out thousands of loving Utah families for unfair treatment simply because of who they are. Our Constitution does not allow for such blatant discrimination.

Whoever thinks war allows for lasting victories should take a look at European history books and learn their lesson.

Take it from me: love has all the lasting permanence of a rainbow- beautiful while it's there, and just as likely to have disappeared by the time you blink.

Praise & esteem can feel good, which is fine, but don't look to them for inner peace & lasting happiness.

Happy are they, who in the matter of marriage observe three rules. The first is to marry only in the Lord, and after prayer for God’s approval and blessing. The second is not to expect too much from their partners, and to remember that marriage is, after all, the union of two sinners, and not of two angels. The third rule is to strive first and foremost for one another’s sanctification. The more holy married people are, the happier they are.

All things need watching, working at, caring for, and marriage is no exception. Marriage is not something to be indifferently treated or abused, or something that simply takes care of itself. Nothing neglected will remain as it was or is, or will fail to deteriorate. All things need attention, care and concern, and esp...ecially so in this most sensitive of all relationships of life.

The purest love is the one between parents and their children. The rest may be more elevated, but never as deep or long-lasting.

I have been with some great organizations, crossed paths with special people, and made numerous lasting relationships.

To make positive change requires lasting commitment, lasting commitment requires measurable targets, measurable targets requires detailed action plans, detailed action plans requires a goal you desire, desire requires a positive attitude to change your life, and the option to change your life requires WORK. Byron Pulsifer, from Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained If you deny yourself commitment, what can you do with your life?

The anger of slow, mild, loving people has a lasting quality that mere bad-tempered folk cannot understand.

The renown which riches or beauty confer is fleeting and frail mental excellence is a splendid and lasting possession.

Understanding strengths and weaknesses is very essential in setting forth a clean administration and for sustainable and lasting solutions.

Truly successful individuals create both immediate and long-lasting influence attracting others to them.

Peace, above all things, is to be desired, but blood must sometimes be spilled to obtain it on equable and lasting terms.

It is my experience that marriage does not make one happier. It destroys the illusion that has been the essence of one's previous existence, that there existed something like a soul-mate. The feeling of not being understood is heightened in marriage by the fact that one's entire life beforehand had the aim of finding a being who would understand one. But isn't it better to exist without such an illusion and look this great lonely truth straight in the eye?

What drives me is the prospect of turning an obstacle into a business opportunity, and then growing that into something lasting and rewarding.

Hey 'Bachelor,' take notes! Trusting one another and sharing a journey to health leads to lasting relationships!

The very first condition of lasting happiness is that a life should be full of purpose, aiming at something outside self.

Taking the time to build community, to get to know your people will have long-lasting benefits.

If you want to create vital, long-lasting love, you must become a master of verbal & nonverbal appreciation

This president Barack Obama has done more for the LGBT community than any president in history. It's just an objective fact. And his legacy is secure in terms of the advancement of the rights of the LGBT community, from 'Don't Ask', 'Don't Tell' to his support for overturning the Defense of Marriage Act, and of course marriage equality, work on HIV and AIDS, and other things.

A violet in the youth of primy nature, Forward, not permanent--sweet, not lasting; The perfume and suppliance of a minute; No more.

A final and long-lasting solution to the Kosovo issue cannot be achieved without an agreement with Serbia, especially in regard to the U.N.

Mortal lovers must not try to remain at the first step; for lasting passion is the dream of a harlot and from it we wake in despair.

New Rule: Gay marriage won't lead to dog marriage. It is not a slippery slope to rampant inter-species coupling. When women got the right to vote, it didn't lead to hamsters voting. No court has extended the equal protection clause to salmon. And for the record, all marriages are "same sex" marriages. You get married, and every night, it's the same sex.

How long before married people answer the dictators thus: Regardless of law, marriage has only one definition, and any government that attempts to change it is my mortal enemy. I will act to destroy that government and bring it down, so it can be replaced with a government that will respect and support marriage, and help me raise my children in a society where they will expect to marry in their turn.

To be capable of steady friendship or lasting love, are the two greatest proofs, not only of goodness of heart, but of strength of mind.

If I were in Congress in 1996, I would have voted for the Defense of Marriage Act, which used Congress's constitutional authority to define what official state documents other states have to recognize under the Full Faith and Credit Clause, to ensure that no state would be forced to recognize a 'same sex' marriage license issued in another state.

I'm a guy who wants to make a lasting impression on hockey, and if I'm going to do that, I have a lot more work to do than just one season.

I think in all of us there is a profound longing for friendship, a deep yearning for the satisfaction and security that close and lasting friendships can give.

But it is not that easy, is it? I seek a lasting relationship, something permanent in a world of change, in which all is transitory, ephemeral, and full of pain.

Thus also every keen pleasure is an error and an illusion, for no attained wish can give lasting satisfaction.

When, from the depths of your heart, you spontaneously wish all beings to find true, lasting happiness, this is great love.

Most people lead lives of frustration and disapointment. They enjoy temporary pleasures and long-lasting suffering.

True and lasting solution to correct ills can be found only by inner, collective transformation of human beings.

I think it's offensive to equate evangelical Christians, Catholics, others that view marriage as between a man and a woman, as being racist. We're not racist. We love our fellow man, we think we're all equal under God's eyes, we don't believe we should change the definition of marriage simply because of opinion polls or because of a court that quite frankly isn't looking at the constitution.

It was a time of uncommon possibility and freedom, when Detroit created wondrous and lasting things. But life can be luminescent when it is most vulnerable.

We and our allies owe and acknowledge an ever-lasting debt of gratitude to the armies and people of the Soviet Union.

To achieve lasting literature, fictional or factual, a writer needs perceptive vision, absorptive capacity, and creative strength.

A strange effect of marriage, such as the nineteenth century has made it! The boredom of married life inevitably destroys love, when love has preceded marriage. And yet, as a philosopher has observed, it speedily brings about, among people who are rich enough not to have to work, an intense boredom with all quiet forms of enjoyment. And it is only dried up hearts, among women, that it does not predispose to love.

For the mother is and must be, whether she knows it or not, the greatest, strongest and most lasting teacher her children have.

A failing social care system will have long-lasting repercussions for all, but it is women who are likely to be worst hit.

If I have any lasting worth, it will be because I have tried to make people remember what the Earth is meant to look like.

I care only to know, if possible, the lasting meaning that lies in all religious doctrine from the beginning till now.

Friendship is seldom lasting but between equals, or where the superiority on one side is reduced by some equivalent advantage on the other.

Meaningful work, not welfare, is every American's hope, and we have a continuing responsibility to make those hopes a lasting reality.

Revolution as an ideal concept always preserves the essential content of the original thought: sudden and lasting betterment.

When we look back, what we often find that's most lasting and meaningful from our experiences in games are the relationships we create and foster.